William Reeve
ME, Consultant at McKinsey, Co-Founder of Fletcher Research, President/ MD/ CEO/ COO at LOVEFiLM.com, Presently Non-Executive Director with DealChecker, Graze.com, iAnnounce, True Knowledge, & Zoopla.co.uk, Also a Venture Partner at DFJ Esprit.
| Headline: | Investor |
| Website: | http://www.wreeve.com |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Leadership, Management |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Supporting my investments |
| Schools: | University of Oxford |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Fletcher Research |
| Position: | Co- Founder |
| Description: | Fletcher Research, rapidly grew organically to be the UK’s leading internet research firm before Forrester Research (NASDAQ: FORR) bought it in 1999. |
| Employer: | LOVEFiLM.com |
| Position: | President/MD/CEO/COO |
| Description: | LOVEFiLM.com is the leading international online film rental business. At LOVEFiLM.com, William served as President, Managing Director, acting CEO and COO; he left the business in 2008 after helping to manage the acquisition of Amazon’s DVD rental business. |
| Employer: | DFJ Esprit |
| Position: | Venture Partner |
| Description: | A Venture Partner at leading venture capital firm DFJ Esprit. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 1991 - 1995 |
| Degree: | Engineering, MEng |
William's Startups (4)
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Graze
Graze.com allows British office workers to improve the way they eat at work. They can order tasty food online and get it delivered to their desks.
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True Knowledge
True Knowledge is building a natural language question answering platform which can take in users questions and give back direct answers
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LOVEFiLM
Lovefilm is the leading international online film rental service which rents and sells DVDs in five European markets and is pioneering online movie downloads. It has well over 1m active subscriber households across Europe.
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Zoopla
Zoopla leverages user-generated data to provide the most accurate house price estimates available in the UK market. It is rapidly becoming one of the most popular property websites in the UK, thanks ...
William's Contacts (4)
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Luke Hakes
Generalist London based VC, Investing between £500k and £2m in UK based companies
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Doug Monro
Brit, entrepeneur, business builder, dad
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Alan Wallace
Generalist UK VC